it was felt in alaska's southeast communities, but most of the energy was sent to the southwest toward the hawaiian islands. so far there are no reports of major damage on land. the first waves are just now hitting the hawaiian island, but they are smaller than first predicted. the largest wave was measured on ma maui at 5 feet. last night's warning triggered coastal evacuations in hawaii but as we said it's been lowrd to an advisory. people in honolulu have been told they can return home. people are asked to stay away from the water for the next several hours. >> we're telling people yes, you can return home, and he better doing those things required ever us for due diligence and mack sure there would be nothing that would make it unsafe for them to return home and that's being done right now. >> california remains under a tsunami advisory from waves in the pacific northwest have been measured in just inches. no damaging waves are expected here. we will check in with meteorologist lisa argen for the latest on the tsunami warning in hawaii. >> yes. hi, carolyn. as you noted, we are loo